User:Aw460a/sandbox

Early life I was born on February 24,2000 to Erica and Alanzo. I am an only child on my mom's side, but I have three younger brothers on my dad's side. Their names are Alanzo Jr, Nysann and Lorenzo. I spent most of my life growing up in Iowa city.Living in Iowa was a great environment it was peaceful. I had a lot of friends that were diverse which I learned about other people’s views and how they grew up etc. I moved to Iowa when I was in third grade and didn’t move until my sophomore year of high school where I then stayed in hazel crest Illinois the south suburbs of Chicago. My parents were never married nor did I get the chance to live with both of them. People would assume it would’ve messed me up but they both still taught me a lot and I learned from them as they coparent.

Sports

Growing up, I played a few different sports which were basketball, softball, track and I tried tennis out my freshman year of high school but that didn’t last long because I quit. Out of all those sports I fell in love with basketball.It wasn’t that I didn’t like the other sports I was in, as I was growing up I wanted to only focus on one.With basketball I’ll say I been playing mostly my whole life. I started off playing for rec, church camps leagues. Then I played for my middle school which I was on the 8th grade team as a 7th grader. Then high School came around and I was playing both freshman and sophomore ball. As I moved, I developed a love-hate relationship with basketball.I had to sit out most of the year and only played in 5 games as the ending of my sophomore season. Junior year playing basketball wasn’t any luck neither was my senior year.Both those two years my passion for basketball was fading and really ended when I quit my senior year. Now I am playing for the ICC women’s basketball team. Which gave me another chance to gain that passion I had when I was younger.

Education

From what I can remember for myself I went to Grant Wood Elementary school. For middle school I attended Southeast Junior high. I did two years at City high high-school. I graduated high school at Hillcrest high school in Illinois. I am now attending Illinois central college and majoring in physical education. What made me want to attend college was because neither one of my parents have their degree and I wanted to set an example for my brothers and younger cousins. The reason I thought about majoring in physical education was because I always felt gym brought out a different side of people instead of just sitting in class listening all day. It’s different activities to do each week that can help develop a child's personality and athleticism. For me, I never really liked sitting in a classroom for a long period of time and gym helped me.

Goals

When I was younger, my goal was like every other kid that played sports which was to become this famous ball player. I realized it wasn’t that simple. Now I have goals that are more realistic and I hope to accomplish. The first goal Is to complete college. That’s my first goal because I want to prove to myself that I was able to do something on my own. Not saying I don’t get help or don’t have support but knowing I got up everyday to complete my own task was my own choice to do. Second goal is to pass my state boards test. Without passing that I wouldn’t have a career. Third goal is to travel. Traveling for me is on my bucket list for sure. I have been to several places before but I’m wanting more out of the country. I can keep listing all my goals but that would be a long list so lastly I’ll say I want to live a stable life, continue to be happy and try to stay positive no matter the outcome I have.

Career

I started working when I was sixteen years old. I only had two jobs since I was old enough to work. My first job was at an Old Navy located in Orland Park. I had worked there for two years. Working at Old Navy was something I enjoyed because it taught me how to communicate with other people I didn't know and learn something about them with their styles of dress etc. What is tough about that job is when it got closer to the holiday season. During the holiday season, I started to learn how to work under pressure. My second job was McDonald's which I started in 2018. I still work there now when I have breaks from school. While working at McDonald's, I notice a big difference with the environment and fast paced business. McDonald's taught me how to challenge myself to learn new skills everyday rather it was working in the grill, cashier or taking orders. Both of these taught me how to deal with people and work as a team.

Fitness and Wellness

Fitness and Wellness plays a major part of my life. Being apart of the basketball team, I have a routine of practicing for two hours a day and making sure I eat healthy. The size that I am I would consider myself as fit. Fitness and wellness help me gain more confidence now as I use to only squat 90 pounds to now i'm at 130. I feel more capable of lifting things now instead of just thinking im too small. My career goal is to become a physical education teacher which applies to fitness and wellness, because I’ll like other people to live a healthy lifestyle.